A member of National Archives staff watches a digital display showcasing the identification photographs of British prisoners of war held abroad and foreign internees held in Great Britain, during the Great Escapes.

The Great Escape was an ingenious act of defiance in which 76 prisoners of war tunneled out of a German labour camp.

WW2 soldiers who took part in Great Escape remembered on 80th anniversary

Captain Vyvyan Howard was captured and held at the German Stalag Luft III camp after his plane was shot down in 1941.

War veteran who helped distract German guards during Great Escape remembered

Jack Lyon's escape from the Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp was thwarted after guards discovered the plot.

Former RAF prisoner of war involved in the Great Escape dies, aged 101

The former squadron leader was one the designated diggers in a group of 76 who escaped from the Stalag Luft III camp in Germany in 1944.

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WW2 soldiers who took part in Great Escape remembered on 80th anniversary

War veteran who helped distract German guards during Great Escape remembered

Former RAF prisoner of war involved in the Great Escape dies, aged 101

Last surviving member of the real-life Great Escape team dies aged 99